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Volume 32 • Issue 8 August 2015
ON THE COVER Beauty queen vies for Miss Africa USA title | 16 Pharmacist Idia Tokunboh’s first beauty pageant experience was just a year ago. She hopes a new title will allow her to make a difference in Wichita and in her home country.
Native son visits the great pyramids | 4
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Eastsiders shine at the People and Places...................8 Shrine Bowl | 12 Eastside Homes..................... 11
Young perform pursues sining and stage career | 28
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Publisher Paul Rhodes Managing Editor Travis Mounts Production Abbygail Wells Reporters/Contributors Sam Jack, Amy Houston, Jim Erickson, Philip Holmes
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Tandoc’s passing stuns the city We had just come off the presses last month – the ink was barely dry – when news broke that Tanya Tandoc had died in a horrific, surprising and criminal way. A public memorial service at The Orpheum drew thousands. The front of her namesake restaurant, Tandoc, became a shrine to the woman whose food, energy and good nature seemed to have touched nearly every Wichitan. I don’t think I’ve ever had the chance to meet her face-to-face. I’m sure at some point she was there when I visited Tanya’s Soup Kitchen, either at its current location or down by the old Union Station when I worked there for Multimedia Cablevision and her restaurant was just a few steps away. But it quickly became apparent that many people I know did know Tanya personally. If you follow the “Six Degrees of Separation” idea – where everyone on the planet is no more than six acquaintenances apart – it appears that the entire city was was no more than two degrees separated from Tanya. Part of what stunned so many people is that Tanya was so full of life. Beyond food, her passions included music and dance. So many people said that when they talked with her, they felt like the most important person in Tanya’s life. That’s a rare and special gift. But food is what she’ll most be remembered for. Tanya fed a city, directly and indirectly. Of course, there is still her restaurant, which will continue to serve thanks to
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her loyal employees who helped make her dream come alive – not once, but twice. She taught many other people to cook, professionals as well as amateurs, through various cooking classes. She continued to teach us with regular appearances on KMUW radio. And she helped feed all of Wichita through her support of other chefs and restaurants, whether it was offering advice or just helping spread the word. Where some people might have seen competitors, she saw a community. Our friend, photojournalist extraordinaire Larry Hatteberg, featured her on a piece that first aired in June 2011. Some of the things she said in that piece now seem haunting. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpBO3ezMIY. I feel that I’ve missed out by not having the chance to meet Tanya. I will continue to eat at Tanya’s Soup Kitchen when I can, and I will look for opportunities to feel her presence through the people who did know and love her and were touched by her.
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Tanya’s Soup Kitchen reopened on June 7, a few days after the restaurant’s namesake, Tanya Tandoc, was murdered by an acquaintance. Employees opened the restaurant after taking a few days to mourn. Facebook photo
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From Kansas to Cairo
Native son visits the Great Pyramids The Pyramid of Khafre is the center of the three Great Pyramids of Giza, located on the edge of Cairo, Egypt. In the foreground is the corner of the Pyramid of Khufu, the largest of the pyramids.
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How do you digest one of the most monumental tourist attractions on the planet? You tackle it the same way you would eat an elephant: One bite at a time. During my recent vacation trip to Egypt, I had the opportunity to view and visit the Giza Pyramids not just once…but twice. It was an unusual set of circumstances that unfolded for myself and my girlfriend, Kim Swansen, who was instrumental in making my visit to Egypt happen. Kim’s daughter Jennifer has been living in Cairo, Egypt, for the past few years. Jenn just completed a master’s degree at the American University of Cairo this past month, and Kim took an extended trip there to be with her daughter for the graduation ceremony and some much-needed time together. This trip had been in the making for months, and at one point Kim asked if there was any chance I could join her for the last part of her visit. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse. The list of adventures that I wanted to experience in Egypt was long but manageable, and at the top of that list was a visit to the Giza Pyramids, located on the southwestern edge of Cairo. While more than 100 pyramids have been identified in Egypt, the pyramids of Giza are the largest and most famous.
Yep. Those were the pyramids I wanted to see, touch and go inside. That proved to be easier said than done. On the afternoon that had been set aside for our pyramid visit, we were almost turned away because of scheduling tied to Ramadan, the month-long religious celebration that focuses on prayer, fasting and inner reflection. A buggy driver from Giza Village, at the foot of the pyramids, convinced a guard to let us into the area outside the fence surrounding the pyramids, and from there convinced us to let him take us around the perimeter of the grounds – for a price. At first, I was disappointed to not get to experience the pyramids up close…but an unexpected adventure was about to unfold. While Jenn and our driver waited for us, Kim and I experienced a buggy ride through the ancient village of Giza and went out into the edge of the desert on the other side of the pyramids. We met some Bedouins who afforded me a wild camel ride, and our buggy driver snapped some pretty amazing pictures of us with the pyramids in the background. Giza Village, which once housed the pyramid builders and now is home to the people who give rides and tours around the pyramids and sell souvenirs, was amazing to tour. And we wouldn’t have seen that “side” of the Giza Pyramids if it hadn’t been for our scheduling snafu.
Yes, every turn of that unexpected adventure required me to open up my wallet, but it was worth it. And back at our taxi, our driver agreed to bring Kim and me back out early the next morning so we could actually visit the pyramids and the Great Sphinx. Words cannot do justice to the incredible energy and awe that surged through me as I was able to walk up to and touch the Giza Pyramids. I really believe I felt an energy coming from the center pyramid as we walked up to it…but of course, that could have been self-generated. I’ll leave it at that, and won’t question what I experienced. We also were able to go inside the largest of the pyramids on the site, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, which is believed to have been built over a 10- to 20-year period concluding around 2560 B.C. At 481 feet in height, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. While there’s disagreement over how the pyramids were built, recent discoveries made at nearby workers’ camps suggest that they were constructed by tens of thousands of skilled workers and not by slaves. No matter how the work was accomplished, it is accurate that the Great Pyramid of Khufu consists of an estimated 2.3 million blocks of limestone transported from nearby quarries. See PYRAMIDS, Page 6
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The day I landed, Muslims across Egypt had just started observing Ramadan, their month-long religious celebration that focuses on prayer, fasting and inner reflection. This unplanned bit of timing gave my vacation an added element of culture shock and education that I might not have gained otherwise. With much of the country fasting during the day, this new world around us exploded with energy and excitement every evening at sunset. Muslims broke their fast at that time each day and celebrated through the night. We split my time in Egypt between Cairo, the nation’s capital, and Alexandria, a port city and vacation area on the Mediterranean Sea. I was grateful to start my “Egypt time” in Alexandria, since it allowed me to rest up a bit compared to the intensity awaiting me in Cairo. “We’re warming you up for Cairo,” Jenn would tell me daily. Even there, traffic was crazy as taxis and microbuses full of people darted around horse-drawn buggies and pull carts and clogged the city’s narrow streets and intersections. Alexandria gave us a chance to visit museums and relax on the beach, which was just across the street from the apartment we were able to rent. We joked about the condition of the apartment, but the tradeoff was a wraparound balcony with a perfect view of the ocean. We fell asleep at night with the shutters open and the ocean breeze blowing across us. Back in Cairo, I was able to enjoy See RHODES, Page 7
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I recently returned home from an extended visit to Egypt, and the experience was nothing short of incredible. You learn so much about another culture – and even about yourself – when you take a journey like this. Some of the lessons I learned were pretty serious and touching. Others were just interesting, and even a little funny. Like the fact that no matter how far you travel…even 5,000 miles to Egypt…a french fry is a french fry is a french fry. I’ll explain in a minute. The most often-asked question before I left for Egypt was, “Why?” Many people assumed that such a trip would be dangerous, or at least questionable. I can assure you it was not. My purpose for the trip unfolded through an invitation from my girlfriend, Kim Swansen, whose daughter Jennifer has been living in Cairo, Egypt, for the past few years. Jenn just completed a master’s degree at the American University of Cairo this past month, and Kim took an extended trip there to be with her daughter for the graduation ceremony and some much-needed time together. This trip had been in the making for months, and at one point Kim asked if there was any chance I could join her for the last part of her visit. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse. My passport was in order, and I just needed a travel visa and a little luck booking my airline flights. By mid-June, I was on my way to Egypt. There was a certain amount of culture shock to deal with, but because Jenn is fluent in Arabic, our travels were less complicated and confusing than most tourists experience. We did our best to heed Arab customs and traditions, and for the most part tried to immerse ourselves in the lifestyles to which native Egyptians are accustomed. And those lifestyles, especially in Cairo, are a bit intense. Traffic is unbelievably heavy and wildly out of control, but amazingly, everyone gets where they are going. And “everyone” in the city of Cairo is upwards of 17 million people.
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TOP: Paul Rhodes, with Kim Swansen, in the desert on the outskirts of the Giza Pyramids. There are more than 100 known pyramids in Egypt, but Giza’s are the largest. LEFT: A view of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, seen from a street in Giza Village near the pyramids. Recent archaeology suggests the pyramids were built by paid workers, not slaves.
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At completion, the Great Pyramid was surfaced with “casing stones,” which were slant-faced and polished white limestone. A massive earthquake loosened many of the outer casing stones, and over the years, these stones were used to build other structures in Cairo. Some of these casing stones can still be seen at the base of the pyramids today. We climbed all the way up the Grand Gallery inside the pyramid, up to the
King’s Chamber. All that remains in that chamber today is a granite sarcophagus, but it was worth the climb. We took time to soak it all in, rest our sore legs and prepare for the grueling climb back down the wooden ramp that runs up through the narrow Grand Gallery. Of course, we were accosted all across the pyramid grounds by souvenir salesmen, but after all the adventures we had experienced – on the grounds and in Giza Village the previous day – it was worth a few Egyptian pounds for some physical memories of our visit. Our memories will last for years…and maybe the refrigerator magnets will last just as long.
Aug. 8 – Genealogy DNA, 1 p.m., presented by the Midwest Historical Genealogy Society Library, 1203 N. Main. Discover the newest information available to learn what DNA can tell us about our ancestors, what the different tests are and where they can be found. Aug. 15 – Wichita Genealogical Society quarterly meeting, 1 p.m. at the Lionel Alford Library, 3447 S. Meridian. “Lost Kansas Communities,” presented by M.J. Morgan, a Kansas Humanities Council speaker. Kansas has nearly 9,000 disappeared towns and communities, cause by its unusual and spectacularly fast settlement history. The variety of town types is as striking as the stories they left behind. This talk
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Aug. 4 – Extension Master Gardener recruitment open house. Those interested in applying for the Extension Master Gardener fall class are encouraged to attend an informational meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 10 a.m. at the Sedgwick County Extension Center in 4-H Hall. Applications will be available at the event. The requirements and benefits of the program will be outlined and current Master Gardeners will share their experiences as volunteers. For more information contact Extension horticulture agent Rebecca McMahon at 316-660-0142 or visit www. sedgwick.k-state.edu.
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will explore research conducted on lost Kansas places and discuss problems researchers have when searching for information. Aug. 15 – Genealogy on the Internet, 10 a.m., presented by the Midwest Historical Genealogy Society Library, 1203 N. Main. Learn to organize data, the quickest ways to access information, and more. Aug. 22 – Afro-American Special Interest Group, 1 p.m., presented by the Midwest Historical Genealogy Society Library, 1203 N. Main. Learn about the historical and genealogical study of families through stories, research and discovering family history. If you have a community event for the September edition of Dateline, email details to the East Wichita News by Aug. 15 at ewn@eastwichitanews. com.
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a sailboat ride on the Nile River and spent parts of two days at the pyramids. And the nightlife, enhanced by the fact that we were in the middle of Ramadan, was simultaneously relaxing and energizing. We would stay up late at night at coffee and shisha (hookah) bars, sipping cappuccinos and enjoying the local cuisine. Which brings me back to
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french fries… After a particularly intense day of sightseeing in Cairo, it was still relatively early in the evening, and our driver had broken his fast for the day. At our invitation, our driver agreed to join us for shawarmas, a classic Egyptian street sandwich. We stopped to get the sandwiches, which our driver offered to jump out and pick up for us, and then headed to one of Jenn’s favorite coffee shops. The sandwiches were delightful, and – you guessed it – came with a side of fries. A little touch of home, from halfway around the world.
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East Wichita News NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS! Missouri State University in Springfield has named the students on the spring 2015 dean’s list. Students must earn at least 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. Wichita residents on the list include Ryan A. Day, Allison K. Freese, Lauren E. Gengler, Jennifer L. Hahn, Mary Kranick, Jeremy R. Morgan and Evan Stamp. Hannah Padrnos from Andover has been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Wake Forest University. Students who achieve a 3.4 grade-point average and no grade below a “C” were named to the list.
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Legend Senior Living has announced that Chris Mahen has been selected as chief operating officer. In this position, Mahen will be responsible for operational and business functions at Legend Senior Living. Prior to joining Legend Senior Living, Mahen gained 10 years of experience in the senior living industry and more than 15 years of general operational experience. In the past, he served in positions such as district vice president of operations and senior regional director of operations, overseeing operational functions in over 20 states. Mahen received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. He served three years in a vice president role on the Board of Oklahoma Assisted Living Association and was a Round Table member of the Assisted Living Federation of America. Phyllis Murphy of East Wichita has graduated from Ohio Christian University with a master of arts in pastoral care and counseling. OCU is located in Circleville, Ohio. A new drama by award-winning American playwright Lisa Sillaway is scheduled for its debut public reading at the Hen and Chickens Theatre and Bar in London. The play is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12 as a part of the Camden
Fringe Festival. Titled “blank,” the play follows three recently orphaned kids through one tumultuous evening, as they wrestle with loyalty, mental illness, the lingering trauma of their sister’s murder and the concept of mortality. The play’s reading is being produced by both Wichita’s Guinea Pig Lab, which hosted a table read of the script with local actors this week, and London’s Unrestricted View. It’s also being promoted as a part of the Camden Fringe Festival, which runs Aug. 3-30. It’s the first time the emerging playwright will be produced outside of Wichita.
The Sedgwick County Zoological Society welcomed the following trustees to the board in May for a term of three years: Kevin J. Arnel, Foulston Siefkin LLP; Dave Dahl, 18th Judicial District Court, Sedgwick County; Amy Ekerberg, DVM, CCRT, Northridge Veterinary Clinic and Rehabilitation; Sarita Francis, Sarita Pitt Interiors, LLC; Bill Moore, community representative; Barry Schwan, House of Schwan; Sue Watson, community representative; and Joe Williams, Cox Communications. The board officers are: president Mark DeVries, Poet Ethanol Products; vice president Sue Pearce, Piping and Equipment; secretary Jeff Bloomer, Sunrise Oilfield Service; and treasurer Steven A. Houlik, Allen, Gibbs and Houlik, L.C. Returning trustees include: Stanley G. Andeel, Foulton Siefkin LLP; Cindy Burgess, community representative; Kelly E. Callen, Edmiston Oil Company; Rhonda Fullerton, Cessna Aircraft Company; Michael Herbert, Delta Dental of Kansas, Inc.; Ron Holt, Sedgwick County; Dale Hoyer, InfoSync Services; Dirk Jones, Cargill Pork; Don Knappenberger, Knappenberger Law Office; Gary Kohn, Koch Industries; Dave Larson, Westland Corporation; Marvin Long, Taylor Enterprises, Inc.; Buz Lukens, community representative; Sam Marnick, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.; Scott Ochs, Wells Fargo Bank; Mary Lynn Oliver, community representative; Martin W. Park, Mommy’s Little Helper, Inc.; Karl Peterjohn, Sedgwick County; Mary Lynn Priest, community representative; Albert R. Sanchez, Fidelity Bank; Don Sherman, Westar Energy, Inc.;
Jay Smith, INTRUST Bank; Collin Stieben, Commerce Bank. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its deans’ list and honor roll for the spring semester of the 201415 academic year. Two Eastsiders were recognized: Anne Elizabeth Rimmington of Wichita, senior, dean’s list, HixonLied College of Fine and Performing Arts, majoring in art history and criticism; and Katelyn Dawn Rochat, junior, dean’s list, College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in mathematics, and dean’s list, College of Business Administration, majoring in actuarial science. Kathy Mikols, CFP, a financial advisor with Waddell & Reed, has been named a recipient of the firm’s 2015 Crest Award, among the highest honors for its top financial advisors. Crest Awards were presented this year to less than 190 of Waddell & Reed’s financial advisors, out of its national network of nearly 1,800. Muthoni McPherson, Wichita resident and a student at the Pratt Institute, was among the 900 students who made the president’s list in the Spring 2015 semester.
Stephanie Rosbach of Andover was named to the dean’s list at the University of New Haven for the spring 2015 semester. Full-time undergraduate students must have a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA for the semester to be eligible for the dean’s list. Clemson University has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester.
The list includes East Wichitans Felicity Nicole Caughran, a nursing major, and Amy Elizabeth Williams, an accounting major. To be named to the dean’s list, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale. Isaac Schmied was among the students named to Augustana College’s 2015 spring term dean’s list. Schmied is majoring in pre-medicine and biochemistry. Andrew M. Ferguson of Andover graduated from Georgia Southern University on Saturday, May 9, with a degree in mechanical engineering. Emily Trollope of East Wichita has graduated from the University of New Haven with a master of arts in community psychology. Two East Wichita residents recently were initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Merlene Talley was initiated at Washburn University, and Kaitlin Mar was initiated at the University of Tulsa. Air Force Guard Airman 1st Class Karl H. Paige III, Airman 1st Class Benjamin P. Forsberg and Karl Tran graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Paige is the son of Cassandra S. White of Wichita and brother of Douglas J. White and Drew A. White. He is a 2014 graduate of Wichita Southeast High School. Forsberg earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the husband of Emily Forsberg, the son of Howard and Kerri Forsberg of Rose Hill, and See PEOPLE, Page 10
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East Wichita residents Elizabeth Matthews, Micaela Heinrich and Katie Schneider were named to the president’s honor roll for spring 2015 at Oklahoma City University. Students completed a minimum of 12 credit hours while maintaining a grade-point average of 3.9 or higher. Madeline Razook of Eastborough and Halston Strange of Wichita were included on the dean’s honor roll. Students completed a minimum of 12 credit hours and a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.
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brother of Joshua Forsberg of Wichita. Tran is the son of Tuan Tran and Huyen Huynh of Wichita. He is a graduate of Wichita Heights High School.
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Abigail Lewis of East Wichita graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in computer science and psychology from Carleton College at its 141st Commencement exercises, held on Saturday, June 13. Lewis is the daughter of Margaret Lewis of Wichita.
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Southwestern College held Commencement exercises Sunday, May 10, in Winfield. The ceremony was preceded by receptions for graduates and their families, and the Order of the Mound honorary society induction, which represents the top 10 percent academically. Michael Bond, Wichita, earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration. Andrew Braselton, Wichita, earned a master of education degree in special education. Tacarra Brown, Wichita, earned a bachelor of science degree in human resource development. Ginnie Copeland, Wichita, earned a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education. Catherine Cranmer, Wichita, earned a bachelor of science degree in sport management. Robyn Ferguson, Andover, earned a master of education degree in special education. Steffon Jackson, Wichita, earned a bachelor of science degree in operations management. Nicole Kirkhart, Andover, earned a bachelor of science degree in marine biology. Emily Lantz, Wichita, earned a bachelor of science degree in biology. Cynthia Louthan, Andover, earned a doctorate in education degree in education leadership. Tamika Mitchell, Wichita, earned a bachelor of science degree in healthcare administration. Nicholas Warnke, Wichita, earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration. Eastsider Andrew Feist was among more than 1,000 students to graduate magna cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The 209th com-
mencement ceremonies, held in the East Campus Athletic Village Stadium on May 30, included an address by Admiral Michelle Howard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Feist earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics. Codey Davis and Erin Rogers made the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring 2015 semester. Students are eligible if they have a GPA of 3.4 or higher. Area graduate students were among 33 sharing in nearly $41,000 in scholarships awarded in the adaptive special education graduate program at Emporia State University. The scholarships are funded from 10 endowments. Students from this area and the endowments they received scholarships from are: • Soohyun Kim of Wichita, Kansas, Nettie B. Cartmel and Mattiepearl Heath Scholarship and Carrollyn J. Helbert and Oneida Elizabeth Ziegler Memorial Scholarship. • Robin Stock of Wichita, Kansas, Betty Carter Manning Scholars Fund. Business students who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring 2015 semester have been named to the College of Business and Entrepreneurship Honor Scholar list at Fort Hays State University. These students were also listed on the dean’s honor roll for the spring 2015 semester: Jeremey Blake Holt, senior majoring in management; and Jonathan Ray Pisczek, a 2012 graduate of Kapaun-Mt. Carmel High School, senior majoring in accounting. Rachel Fernandes of Wichita, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, was named to the Creighton University dean’s list for spring 2015. Full-time students who earn a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale are eligible for the dean’s list. Approximately 350 University of Dallas students have been named to the dean’s list for earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2015 semester. They include Eastsider Matthew Nickel, who is majoring in physics, and Molly Wierman, who is majoring in English and French.
Have you ever tried to soundproof a room? Perhaps you want to soundproof your home theater room, a music room or just a room with bad acoustics. In any case, you may have found this to be a daunting chore. The reason you may have had difficulty soundproofing is that, unless you can create a perfect vacuum, you cannot totally stop sound from traveling. Ever. No matter what technology you employ, sound will find a way to travel. Sound travels through vibrations. And the vibrations will travel on rigid surfaces including air vents, studs in the wall and pipes. This phenomenon is called sound flanking. With conventional construction, it can be difficult to control the sound. An analogy often used to describe soundproofing is that of a fish tank. No matter how solid the glass and secure the seams, water will escape through even the slightest hole. Sound works in much the same way. However, all is not lost. There are many things that you can do to dampen the sound. You can reduce it but cannot eliminate it entirely.
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The first step is to understand the concepts of sound. As mentioned before, sound is made up of vibrations. If you can interrupt the path of travel, you can reduce the amount of sound traveling. This is called decoupling. One way to interrupt the sound path is by changing your ductwork. The standard metal ductwork is a perfect conduit for sound. By replacing it with a flexible ductwork system, the vibrations no longer have a straight path and will lose momentum. This effect also can be achieved by using alternating studs or by building a double wall structure. It is recommend-
ed that the material not be the same on both sides. For example, you could use dry wall on one side and plywood on the other. To reduce the vibrations further, you can use resilient sound clips, which are made of rubber and metal and are attached to the framing materials. Green glue is a preferred sound controlling material that can be used between two wall boards. This adhesive substance, when vibrated by sound, creates heat. The end result is that the green glue converts the energy from the sound into heat. Doors do very little to stop sound because they typically are hollow. Even if the door is replaced by a solid door, it would also need to be properly sealed. Other sound conduits include ceiling can lights and electrical outlets. They carry the sound right to the framing materials and through the structure. Unless you address the framing issues, adding insulation will do very little to control sound. Insulation in conjunction with these other methods can be very effective. Mineral wool and fiberglass are the most popular types of insulation. A friend of mine has used, and swears by, recycled
denim for its sound absorption qualities. From these examples, you can see that trying to retrofit a room for sound dampening could be a huge and expensive undertaking. Many of these strategies are better suited to new construction. The most effective means you have in an existing room is to concentrate on sound absorption. In this scenario, you can rely on well-placed fabrics to absorb and dampen the sound. Carpet and rugs on the floor, heavy fabric window treatments and upholstered furniture are the first priority. Even the way the furniture is arranged can make a big difference on how sound will travel. There are things you can do to walls and ceilings, as well. The use of acoustical tiles or fabric-treated walls will help dampen sound. Sound is an energy to be reckoned with. And you will have far better luck with the high tones than the low bass tones. Unless you are designing a recording studio with a very healthy budget, the best you can hope for is to control the sound vibrations rather than totally eliminate them.
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Eastsiders shine at the Shrine Bowl
Several Eastside youth participated in the Kansas Shrine Bowl and related events on Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25. The events raise money for Shriners Hospitals. The game on July 25 featured allstar high school players from across the state, as well as an all-star cheer squad and the Kansas Masonic All-State High School Marching Band. TOP: Carlos Taylor (90) of Wichita Heights pursues a ball carrier during the first half of the game. FAR LEFT: Willie Edwards of Wichita East lines up on defense. LEFT: Tyler Burns of Trinity Academy delivers the pregame invocation. Travis Mounts/East Wichita News
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TOP: Alto saxophonist Brittane Branstetter of East High School plays during a timeout. Band members played during the parade the morning of July 25, and during pregame and halftime at the Shrine Bowl. ABOVE: Andover High’s Anthony Jackson waits on the sideline for a chance to get back in the game. LEFT: Andover Central’s Tyler Harris is introduced during pregame festivities. The West squad, which includes all Wichita-area players, lost to the East 210. The West, after winning seven straight games, is 1-2 in the past three contests. The Kansas Shrine Bowl helps raise money for Shriners Hospitals.
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Blood donors needed The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood in August and help meet the constant need for blood products by patients. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Summer is an especially difficult time to collect enough blood to meet the needs of hospital patients. Despite travel and other activities that may cause some donors to be less available to give, the Red Cross must collect 15,000 blood donations every day to meet the needs of patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. With more summer days ahead, every blood donation is important in helping ensure blood is available for patients in need, and volunteer donors are the only source of blood for those who need it. Donors of all blood types – especially those with types AB, O negative, A negative and B negative – are needed to help ensure blood products are available to hospital patients this summer. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Upcoming blood drives include: • Aug. 8 – 7:45 to 11:15 a.m. at Bel Aire City Hall, 7651 E. Central Park Ave. • Aug. 12 – 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., NetApp, 3718 Rock Road. • Aug. 13 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Wesley Medical Center, 550 N. Hillside. Donations can be made Monday through Saturday at the Wichita Blood Donation Center, 707 N. Main Street.
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The National Baseball Congress has announced the 2015 Hall of Fame class. Six inductees will be honored during the 81st NBC World Series, running through Aug. 8 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. Since the inaugural Hall of Fame Class in 1991 the National Baseball Congress has chosen to recognize some of the great contributors to the NBC legacy. The 2015 class is comprised of: Emmett Ashford, Ron “Gardy” Gardenhire, Chris Hmielewski, Frank Leo, Gil Carter and John Braden. Ashford, inspired by Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier as a player, became Major League Baseball’s first African-American umpire in 1966. Ashford umpired five seasons in MLB, including the 1967 All-Star game and the 1970 World Series. After his retirement from MLB, Ashford served as UmpireIn-Chief for the Alaska Baseball League in the early 1970s and then worked the NBC World Series for a couple of years. Gardenhire managed the Minnesota Twins for 13 seasosn, compiling a winloss record of 1,068-1,039. He earned the AL Manager of the Year in 2010 after his team finished the season 94-68. Gardenhire played in the NBC World
Series in 1977 and 1978 for Wichita Coors. Gardenhire also logged five years of MLB service as a shortstop and second baseman for the New York Mets. Hmielewski is in his 10th year as the director of athletics at Southwest Minnesota State University. However, around Wichita, he’s known to have one of the best World Series performances ever. As a slugging first baseman and pitcher for Kenai (Alaska) Peninsula Oilers during the 1991 NBC World Series, Hmielewski smacked 8 home runs, a record 25 RBI and 42 total bases. This is Leo’s 33rd season as manager for the Hays Larks. During his tenure, the Larks have won six NBC Midwest Regional titles and eight Jayhawk League titles. Leo has coached the Larks in 23 trips to the NBC World Series, finishing as runner-up in 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2007. Leo was inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. Carter is known as the man who hit the longest home run in organized baseball, a record 733 feet. Carter helped the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners to NBC World Series Championships in 1962 and 1963. He
belted six home runs during the 1962 World Series. In July, Carter was inducted into the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame. Recently, his family was presented the Pride of Kansas Award by the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Braden became the first manager to guide teams to five NBC World Series Championships with teams from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He racked up four straight from 1947 to 1950, with number five happening in 1956. A dominating run though the NBC World Series in the early years has earned him a place in the National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame. The 2015 Hall of Fame class will be inducted on six different nights during the World Series. The 81st National Baseball Congress World Series is taking place now, and a national champion will be crowned on Saturday, Aug. 8. For more information, visit www.nbcbaseball.com or call the NBC Office at 316-977-9400.
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East Wichita pharmacist Idia Tokunboh’s first beauty pageant experience was a year ago, when she traveled to New York City and claimed the title of Miss Ghana USA. That victory qualified her to represent Ghanaian women living in the United States at Miss Africa USA, to be held on Aug. 29 in Silver Spring, Md. Tokunboh has enjoyed honing her approach to typical pageant events – talent, evening gown, interview – but those are not why she chose to participate, she said. The opportunity to make a difference, both in her home country and in the African immigrant community in Wichita, is much more important. “Brain drain is happening, which means a lot of the young and able people who live in Africa or are from there are leaving the continent – for education, for jobs – and not returning,” said Tokunboh. “So you’re having the elder population growing, and the younger population also growing, but when they come of age, they’re leaving. So Miss Ghana USA and Miss Africa USA, yes, they’re beauty pageants and are flashy and glamorous, but the main goal is to empower young women here in the U.S. who have a desire to give back.” Tokunboh has given back over the past year by promoting her cause: diabetes treatment and prevention in Ghana. Her grandmother, Ernestina Yankah, died of complications related to the disease, and though the prevalence in Ghana is below the global average, there is a lot of work to do to help Ghanaian sufferers and educate their friends and families. Tokunboh was able to return to Ghana this year, as Miss Ghana USA, and lead a diabetes workshop. It was just one workshop, but it made a difference, and it was a start. “When I conducted the workshop, we had people complaining that they can’t even find relationships, because
ABOVE: East Wichitan Idia Tokunboh just finished her reign as Miss Ghana USA. She will compete later in August in the Miss Africa USA pageant. LEFT: Tokunboh was able to return to Ghana this year. She led a diabetes workshop. Many people there lack basic information about the disease, such as it is not contagious.
people don’t know that it’s not a contagious disease,” said Tokunboh. “One had low blood sugar and passed out in the marketplace, so everybody poured water on them to try and revive them. Well, that’s not going to help with low blood sugar; you need to give them sugar. You don’t need a whole lot of money and medical equipment to teach those kinds of things.” Managing diabetes is difficult even here in the United States, with all the benefits of a first-world medical system, Tokunboh pointed out. The challenge grows for Ghanaians who may not have reliable access to doctors and other forms of support. “In Africa you have to deal with no access to medication, being labeled, being ostracized, not having any resources. I want to help create an understanding that diabetes is not a death sentence. Many people live with diabetes and live like regular people,” said Tokunboh. If more people in Ghana become aware that diabetes is controllable, stigma and myths can be reduced. Tokunboh is working with Quality Health Africa, an American nonprofit, to find ways to contribute to the solution of a difficult problem. Tokunboh has maintained an active interest in her home country, and she is equally engaged on issues affecting African immigrants in Wichita and the United States. She moved to Wichita at the age of 15 when her father, a commercial pilot, landed a job here. “It’s a new environment, new culture, new laws. I started high school right in the middle of sophomore year, and I walked into a class midway through and had to hit the ground running,” said Tokunboh. “I had to learn a lot of things that people don’t think about – I didn’t even know who the first president of America was. Sarcasm wasn’t part of my culture, so it took me a number of years to get used to that.” Having her family with her made it easier for her to work through
boh. “Yes, people have to ask for help, but there’s so many cultural barriers.” Now that Tokunboh has received degrees from Wichita State and KU and begun her career as a pharmacist, she is teaming up with a few other young, African professionals to provide mentorship for “African Pioneers.” “I understand that (African students) are not citizens, but they are people who contribute to the society they’re in, here in America, and there has to be greater balance. There’re definitely a lot of people that fall through the cracks,” said Tokunboh. Tokunboh is eager to compete for and win the Miss Africa USA title, and not just so she can don a tiara. The title would allow her to make lots of new connections in the Ghanaian and African activist communities across the world. “The girl who won last year was from Ethiopia, and she got to meet presidents of different countries in Africa, as well as ambassadors. That’s the scale it’s on,” said Tokunboh. There is a popular vote component to the pageant, and supporters can vote for Tokunboh once every 12 hours at missafricausa.org beginning Aug. 1.
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challenges, but many Ghanaians and Africans come here by themselves and don’t have a built-in support system. While she was a student at Wichita State University, Tokunboh served as president of the African Students Association. She used that group to help fellow Africans bridge the cultural divide. “International students pay several times as much as regular students, yet they can’t work. They don’t have work permits, so parents back home fund them. If you look at exchange rates, you see how much that means for someone back in Africa, to be supporting their child in school here in the U.S,” said Tokunboh. Navigating an unfamiliar culture while also bearing the weight of family hopes can be both crushing and isolating. Tokunboh told the story of one student who misread a map of the Wichita State campus and ended up taking several hours to find the cafeteria. When he did find it, he was embarrassed at not knowing how he was expected to order. “When he got back to his room, he locked himself in and cried for hours. This happens constantly,” said Tokun-
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The weather is good, the fish are cooperating and you’re reeling in fish as fast as you can. Before you know it, a hook gets snagged and you have to break the line. There’s no trash can nearby and you’re on a roll. You leave the line on the ground with the intention of throwing it away later. But the reality is that line will mostly likely end up staying right where you left it. Too often, line, plastic lures and other trash are left behind by well-intentioned anglers. A small piece of a plastic worm here and a little bit of line there hardly seem like cause for concern, but when every angler leaves a little bit of trash behind, a big mess can be the end result. Today’s monofilament fishing line can last many years after an angler has left it behind. Not only is it an eyesore, fishing line can have deadly consequences for fish, turtles, birds and other wildlife. Here are some tricks and tips for leaving a public fishing spot better than you found it: • Always carry a folded-up trash bag in your tackle box. It can serve as a poncho and gear protector during the rainy season and as a trash container for empty cups and other food items when it’s time to clean up. • Allot space in your tackle box for broken lures or lures in need of repair. At the end of every trip, empty it out at the nearest trash can, or take them home to repair on a Sunday afternoon. • Keep a coffee can in your vehicle to collect old line. By cutting open a small slit in the plastic cover, you can stuff in old line. Also, always clean up the line of others you come across. (The good karma may pay off during your next fishing trip!) • Consolidate hooks and lures where you can. When looking through your gear prior to a trip, consider placing similar lures together, especially if you have only one or two left. This will cut down on the number of bags or containers that need to be thrown away when out fishing. Kansas has some great public fishing opportunities, and we owe it to the land and our fellow anglers to keep it that way. When fishing public waters, leave it better than you found it.
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Aug. 6 – Ulrich Museum Art For Your Ears featuring Doug MacLeod. Winner of the Blues Music Awards Acoustic Artist of the Year and Acoustic Album of the Year, MacLeod will ply his multiple talents as a singer/ songwriter, storyteller and blues guitar player. MacLeod is an international touring artist. Aug. 21-23 – Auditions for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. Permanent positions available include section violin and English horn. A one-year position as section viola also is available. Auditions will be in the Duerksen Fine Arts Center at Wichita State University. Contact the Wichita Symphony for audition requirements and application form. Call 316-267-5259 or email abrown@wso.org. Audition materials may be downloaded at www.wichitasymphony.org. Application deadline is Aug. 12. Aug. 28-29 – The Raging Idiots featuring Bobby Jones, at The Orpheum. Presented by 102.1 The Bull, proceeds benefit the Kansas Humane Society.
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Aug 5-9 – “Hello, Dolly!” Music Theatre Wichita. In the early 1900s, two timid clerks risk a one-day escape to New York City, where they encounter unpredictable complications, farcical situations and poignant romance engineered by Yonkers’ most famous matchmaker, Dolly Levi. Tickets $28$64, www.mtwichita.org.
Reserved seats $25, remaining seats $15. Aug. 28 show is sold out. Tickets at www.selectaseat.com, 855-755-7328, at the INTRUST Bank Arena box office, participating Dillons stores and plant employee clubs. Aug. 28 and 30 – Puccini’s “Turandot,” Wichita Grand Opera. Aug. 28, 7 p.m. at Century II Concert Hall, and Aug. 30, 3 p.m., Carlsen Center, Overland Park. Featuring Zvetelina Vassileva as Princess Turandot, Ricardo Tamura as Prince Calaf and Wichitan Samuel Ramey as Timur. Through Sept. 12 – “Mom and Pop’s Cockroach Casino” or “Quick, Run, It’s a Raid,” Mosley Street Melodrama. Written by Tom Frye. Tickets $28, $18 for show only. Call 316-263-0222. Through Sept. 12 – “Pageant,” at Roxy’s Downtown A Cabaret. Tickets $40 for dinner and show, $28 for show only. Call 316-265-4400 to reserve your tickets.
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The Wichita Chorus of Sweet Adelines International (WCSA) has announced its “Come Sing with Me!” event for 2015. Women of all ages who enjoy singing are invited to come sing with WCSA for the next few months, dues free, and on their show this fall. The show, “Happy Together,” will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Scottish Rite Center in Wichita. The headline quartets for the show will be two 2014 internationally ranked quartets: Vocality, from Sweden; and Rio!, from the United States. “WCSA is a place where you can come have fun, meet lifelong friends and say ‘Ta-Da’ to the world,” said Jo Shope, president of WCSA. WCSA meets Monday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Center and is currently auditioning for new members. The chorus is under the direction of Melynnie Williams, who became a Sweet Adelines Queen of Harmony with her quartet, Zing!, in 2010, placing first internationally. Melodee Wright serves as assistant director and also previously won her crown with the Shondells. For more information, call 316-943-3900, or email 4partharmony@wichitachorus.com.
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It’s not too soon to think about fall and holiday entertaining! The Kitchen Tune-Up team can get you ready for fall and the holidays A new kitchen or bath – just in time for fall or holiday entertaining – can be an easy reality with your local Kitchen Tune-Up team. Kitchen Tune-Up can turn dreams into reality. And the process is simple and low-stress for each and every project. The experts at Kitchen Tune-Up have remodeled hundreds of kitchens since Jim and Arlene Phillips started the business in 2005, and the company’s services range from One-Day “Tune-Up” of cabinets or any interior wood surfaces, to cabinet refacing projects to complete custom kitchens and bathrooms. All of those refacing and new construction options are now available to see at the company’s new design center in East Wichita. The new design center is located at 4057 N. Woodlawn, Suite 1, and is a cornerstone to the services that make Kitchen Tune-Up the best solution for your next home remodeling project. “We’re excited to meet with clients at the new design center,” said Arlene. “This facility helps us make the process comfortable and hassle-free for all of our
clients.” Your local Kitchen Tune-Up team includes Jim and Arlene’s daughter-in-law, Rachel. She, as the designer, is the “creative mind” on the staff, and works directly with clients in their homes and at the design center to make their dreams and ideas come to life. Today, Kitchen Tune-Up specializes in kitchen and bath remodeling projects. Rachel’s design services are always in high demand. She has a strong background in design and customer service. “Once a contract is signed and after cabinetry decisions are made, we start the shopping process with our clients to pick out counter tops and back splashes, and we’re always available for help with other decisions that may come up,” said Rachel. “My goal for each customer is to design the most amazing space possible for their budget and then make the whole remodeling process as relaxing as possible,” said Rachel. “Great customer service is the cornerstone to our success. My clients know I will take care of them and their space won’t look like everyone else’s on the block.” A potential client’s first step is meeting with Rachel at the design center. Clients can look at samples of the new cabinet structure; sample door styles for custom remodels/refaces/redoors, samples of reface projects, tile, and many kinds of countertop samples including granite, quartz, and laminates. Once those
Designer Rachel Phillips, left, works with customers at the Kitchen TuneUp showroom. The showroom provides a perfect setting for clients to view product samples.
decisions have been tentatively been made, we meet in the customer’s home to finalize the process. “In addition to kitchens, we do bathrooms, countertops, back splashes – anything to do with a kitchen or bath project,” said Jim. “And when the work is done, clients can rest assured that they’ve gotten the best possible results.” For more information or to schedule a consultation, call Kitchen Tune-Up at 316-558-8888 or visit kitchentuneup/wichita-ks-phillips. Be sure to check out the local company’s extensive BEFORE/AFTER portfolios on Facebook and when you visit the Facebook page, be sure to ‘LIKE’ Kitchen Tune-Up, Wichita (Jim and Arlene Phillips)!
ABOVE: A major bathroom renovation at the home of Steve and Karen Nestelroad will start with replacing the existing tub and shower with a curbless walk-in shower system. LEFT: Work will also be done to raise the height of the bathroom’s vanity system.
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From left, Mark Gross, Jenna Hill and Cathy Gross. Mark and Cathy have owned and operated Gross Tile for three decades, and daughter Jenna has been involved for many years.
spanned nearly three decades, and the story of how the company got to where it is today – and where it is headed – is an exciting one. Mark Gross grew up in Wichita, and after attending North High School he started working on his business degree at Wichita State University. While in college, he started working in the flooring business. “I was installing hard-surface flooring and countertops for a company here in Wichita,” he said. “I was working with vinyl and tile flooring, and was doing old-time plaster showers with concrete walls.” Mark loved the work, and stayed in the industry after earning his business degree from WSU. He opened a floor-covering store with a partner in the early 1980s, and later did installation work as a private contractor before he and his wife, Cathy – also a Wichita native who graduated from West High and Newman University – opened the first Gross Tile location at Fern and Douglas. Today, the company’s showroom is located in West Wichita at 10680 W. Maple. Their daughter, Jenna Hill, also is an integral part of the business. She has years of experience working with clients at the Gross Tile showroom. Right from the start, Mark and the Nestelroads were able to picture the same end result for this important project. They shared ideas, and the plan got even better. Steve has some neuropathy issues that make an easier-access shower and a higher vanity important for the future. Gross Tile specializes in curbless showers, and a double showerhead design will make the new walk-in shower system beautiful, comfortable and functional for the Nestelroads – now and in the future. “I can tell that when Mark walks off the job, it’ll be right,” said Steve. For more information about everything Gross Tile has to offer, call 316-773-1600, or stop by the showroom at 10680 W. Maple, near Maple and Maize Road in West Wichita. You can also find Gross Tile on Facebook.
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By Paul Rhodes From their first meeting, East Wichita homeowners Steve and Karen Nestelroad were impressed with Mark Gross of Gross Tile and Concrete Design. There were many reasons for those first impressions to be positive as the Nestelroads unveiled their plans for a total renovation of their master bathroom. They already knew they were meeting with an industry leader in the Wichita area, and Mark Gross was immediately able to visualize the clients’ ideas and get the ball rolling on this all-important home renovation. Gross Tile had been recommended to the Nestelroads after they were dissatisfied with the high price of another quote they had received. A glass company that was familiar with the Nestelroads’ proposed project suggested Gross Tile as its top recommendation for the renovation work. What the Nestelroads want for their master bathroom is a totally accessible walk-in shower system with a “curbless” entry to replace their existing tub and small shower. The tub never gets used, and the shower isn’t comfortable or safe for either Steve or Karen. In addition, the double-sink vanity in the master bathroom needs to be raised to a more comfortable height for both of the homeowners. “Mark has his business down to a ‘T,’” said Steve. “People like Mark make it great to launch a project like this.” And that isn’t surprising, considering Mark’s extensive experience in the business and track record working with customers. Over the years, Gross Tile has grown from a respected flooring company into a leader in bathroom and kitchen renovations, as well as a total remodeling company. It’s a transformation that Mark Gross relates back to customer satisfaction. “We found that over the years, we had clients who liked our work and wanted us to tackle other projects for them, and we expanded into those areas,” said Mark. “That’s really how we started getting into bathroom makeovers, and then kitchens, too.” The transformation of Gross Tile has
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Get a move on: Experts offer small tips to make big changes in work health “When it comes to sitting time, frequent interruptions is what’s really important. We want to break up those long, prolonged bouts of sitting and get people up and moving more throughout the day,” she said. Mailey recommends setting a prompt on your computer to remind you to get up and move. Other ways she suggests to incorporate movement into your work activities: • Send work to a remote printer. • Use a restroom on another floor. • Visit a co-worker’s office instead of sending an email. • Park farther away. • Take a walk with co-workers. “Sometimes I think it takes a cultural change because it’s really easy to maintain what we all do,” Rosenkranz said. “It’s also important to remember that it is not just about increasing physical activity. The research is unequivocal that both physical activity and diet are essential in terms of energy balance and health outcomes. Watching what you eat is actually a way that people can make a bigger difference in terms of an energy balance equation. It’s a lot easier for some people to cut out calories as opposed to expending more energy through physical activity.”
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When it comes to taking a physical activity break at work, it’s more about the frequency than duration. That’s advice Kansas State University experts in human nutrition and kinesiology are offering to employees working in a sedentary environment who are looking to improve their health. “When people sit for a long period of time, our body turns off an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase, which helps take in fat and use it for energy,” said Sara Rosenkranz, research assistant professor of human nutrition. “Essentially what happens is that enzyme goes away and stops allowing us to uptake the fat that’s circulating in our blood and use it for fuel. We also know physiologically that sitting for long periods of time will actually reduce insulin sensitivity and increase circulating triglycerides. These are two things we know are very highly associated with poor chronic health in the long term.” But Rosenkranz says lots of little changes in a daily work routine can add up to a big change. Get up and stand or take a walk at least once an hour, suggests Emily Mailey, assistant professor of kinesiology and director of the Physical Activity Intervention Research Lab.
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A recent ban on trans fats may have you looking a little closer at the foods you buy, but a Kansas State University food scientist points out you might not find what you’re looking for on the label. In June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will remove artificial trans fat from the food supply, a step expected to reduce coronary heart disease and prevent thousands of fatal heart attacks every year. While some trans fat is found naturally in minimal amounts in meat and dairy products, the added product has been a staple of the food industry to improve a product’s shelf life. “If you take oils naturally found in nature, especially the ones that have a lot of unsaturated fats, they are unstable in food products and get rancid,” said Fadi Aramouni, professor of food processing and food product development at Kansas State University. “Years ago, the food industry developed a process to hydrogenate these fats. When you add hydrogen at high temperatures, it saturates these bonds and makes it more solid – a lot more stable – and in the process forms what we call trans fat. The trans fat – also known as partially hydrogenated oils – are used in a lot of formulations and actually give the food product a little better texture
and better taste.” Trans fat is found in many popular processed foods like baked goods, frozen foods and snack foods. The FDA has given companies three years to remove trans fat from their products, but Aramouni said most companies had already made the adjustment. “When the FDA required labeling of trans fat in 2006, a lot of companies moved away from using the product,” Aramouni said. “Many big oil suppliers developed types of oils that are stable without being hydrogenated, which is done by changing the fatty acid composition of these oils. Now many of the oils that food companies can buy are stable without having trans fat in them. Other companies started using unsaturated fats or natural oils again, incorporating antioxidants to help maintain the shelf life.” Aramouni said he didn’t think the ban would be much of a problem for the food industry since most companies had already made the transition, but he did encourage consumers to be aware of what they were getting. Under current nutrition labeling regulations, a product containing less than half a gram of trans fat or fat can claim zero trans fat in the product. Aramouni suggested reading the ingredients list, which requires the food to list any partially hydrogenated oils.
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Some idle speculation, and then back to ‘Citizen Kane’ I wanted to speculate on why “Magic Mike XXL” is so appealing to women, but all the women I asked about it said it was because it is full of good-looking men stripped to the waist, and if that satisfied them, so be it. But it seems to me to be more a male fantasy than a female one. The men are paid for everything they do, usually in both money and sex, but also in room and board and, in one case, with a car. There are a couple of overweight women, but such women as Jada Pinkett Smith and Amber Heard are not such as to make their labors onerous. The men are professionals who promise – and apparently desire – no commitment or even personal feeling. I have long supposed these themes to be of great difference between men and women. But it has been suggested that I am more than ordinarily ignorant in this area, and being in no hurry to reveal my inadequacies further, let me turn once again to my shot analysis of “Citizen Kane.” Observe that none of the things I am pointing out require expertise about movies, which I cannot claim to have. In fact, one my points is that “Citizen Kane” is not particularly subtle in its use of visual – and I am limiting myself almost entirely to camerawork, especially camera placement and editing. Orson Welles came out of radio, and he used sound more expertly than perhaps any other director could have. Compare, for instance, the sound of the amplified voices in Leland’s openair political speech and Kane’s speech in an enormous but enclosed auditorium or in the huge room in Xanadu. And my tin ear for music excuses me from discussing the musical score. But remember: “Citizen Kane” was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including for sound editing and musical score. But when a film artist calls for too much analysis of his devices, as for example Jean-Luc Godard or Ingmar Bergman with “Persona” or “The Silence,” he may be violating the very advantages of the medium itself – as I may be when I try to make logical or even psychological sense of movies
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like those, which represent a school of film I have never been able to appreciate or understand. The motion picture has to have an immediate effect – a small figure flanked by large ones will always seem to be in danger unless the large ones are clearly identifiable as friendly, a large open space with a tiny figure in the middle will always suggest loneliness, and loneliness usually suggests vulnerability. If one has to stop and think, the identification with and absorption in the artwork is interrupted and much emotional effect is lost, and the movie goes on and leaves one behind. In the theatrical situation a movie is intended for, there is not stopping to adjust to individual capacities to understand; effects must be obvious enough to be instantly grasped without being so artificial as to remove all sense of reality. One of the secrets of “Citizen Kane” is that it does not call for sophisticated contemplation, except perhaps at the end when the investigator suggests that no amount of study can explain a man, and we learn what Rosebud was and are encouraged to wonder whether that really explains Kane. (I maintain that it certainly does not.) As the characters move out of the house into the outdoor setting, the established pattern of guardian and mother at the sides and child in the middle continues, as if the child were trapped between the jaws of a vice. The father ineffectually enters the center space background with the boy after he has capitulated to the entrapment, but the boy is immediately called to See CINEMA, Page 31
“Mr. Holmes” purports to be a story about Sherlock Holmes in his waning age, when he has abandoned 221B Parker Street and Dr. John Watson has left him, and when his memory has so degenerated that he is having an awful time remembering his final case – the one that led to his retirement as the world’s first consulting detective, which he wants to write up correctly to correct Dr. Watson’s romanticizing. But it isn’t just his memory that screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher and director Bill Condon have deprived him of. By the end of the movie, even his beekeeper instincts have slowed down dangerously. You can take away his deerstalker hat and pipe and a lot of other things and move him into the country with Laura Linney has his housekeeper and no crime anywhere in sight, but when you take his brain away you don’t have Sherlock Holmes anymore. While “Mr. Holmes” is a fine movie in many ways, it is not a Sherlock Holmes movie at all. (I have not read Mitch Cullin’s novel, “A Slight Trick of the Mind,” on which the movie is supposedly based, and so I will say nothing about it.) There are three stories here, all
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of which make sense and which are loosely related. One concerns Holmes’ efforts to recall the old case, which gets little attention, really. The second involves the case itself, which gets a good deal more attention but never makes a lot of sense in terms of human motivations. And the third and by far the best involves relations between Holmes and Linney’s young son, played very well by Milo Parker, whom I have never seen before but would be happy to see again. I wish this story had come to a more satisfying end, but it avoids the cloying sentimentality I was afraid of from the start. There also is a bit about a trip to Japan in pursuit of bee material, but you can pretty well ignore it. It is best also to concern yourself little with normal human motivation in the story of the old case; perhaps Mr. Holmes’ memory never quite served him after all. Those who miss Sherlock Holmes’ feats of ratiocination should perhaps consult his obvious original, C. Auguste Dupin, in Edgar Allen Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” especially the fantastic street conversation regarding the actor Chantilly. Like most of Sherlock Holmes’ similar deductions, these had nothing to do with solving the relevant mystery. Ellery Queen’s deductive powers were usually more essential to the stories. “Mr. Holmes” includes very little along these lines. “Mr. Holmes” offers many satisfactions if you can forget about Sherlock Holmes. Ian McKellen is always good – in this case, almost too much so – for
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Young performer pursues singing and stage career Story East Wichita resident Mollie Beaver is a singer, dancer and actress. The 12-year-old has already learned one trait necessary to be a successful performer: perseverance. “If you don’t get a part, don’t give up,” she said. “I’ve been performing for a while, and sometimes I even get a part that isn’t that good. But I learn out of it. That’s the best part because you learn out of everything you get. “I was so happy when I got a lead role in ‘Annie’ and I was so proud of myself,” Beaver continued. “That just tells that you need to keep trying.” Beaver has played young Fiona in “Shrek” at the Crown Uptown, and she obtained the lead role in “Annie” at Wichita Children’s Theatre in March. “It was a little nerve-wracking,” she recalled, “but it was very exciting.”
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Beaver impressed the audience during Fair’s Got Talent this summer at the Sedgwick County Fair. This year was her first competing in the event. She sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with a background track her first night, and she sang “I Will Always Love You” in the finals. Dolly Parton wrote “I Will Always Love You” and Whitney Houston made it a hit on the movie soundtrack for “The Bodyguard.” Despite the inevitable comparisons, Beaver said she wasn’t concerned about performing such a recognizable song. “I had confidence and stuff, and I just love the song,” she said. “So it was OK for me because I want to do what I enjoy and not worry what other people might think about it.” Beaver said she began taking voice lessons and entering competitions when she was 8.
“I guess I just kind of got interested in it,” she added, “and my mom always said that I would go around the house singing.” Beaver won a nationwide singing contest this year, when voters could cast their ballots for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association national anthem singing contest through Facebook and at www.beefusa.org. As the winner, Beaver sang the national anthem at the Cattle Industry Convention in February at San Antonio. Her prize included round-trip airfare for two, free convention registration for two, a hotel room for three nights and western wear from Roper and Stetson. Beaver – daughter of David and Darcy Beaver – takes voice, piano and guitar lessons. She also takes classes at a dance studio in ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance. She said her goal was to become a singer/songwriter.
Theatre Wichita and Music Theatre for Young People. “I like both because sometimes I can go to music theater, and sometimes when I want to take a break I can go to regular music or my guitar,” she explained. “I like that – that I have a different variety so I can meet different people. But I love all the people that I meet.” Beaver doesn’t have much trouble with stage fright. That’s another reason perseverance is important. “I used to be really nervous and stuff,” she remarked. “I think I’ve gotten better because I’ve performed so many times.”
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Beaver attended a class this summer with Wendy Faraone, who works with actors on the Disney Channel. That ignited an interest in acting on television. Beaver planned to attend another class Aug. 1 with a casting director who would be in Wichita. Beaver stays busy during the summer and in the school year. She appeared in “Into the Woods” at the Wichita Children’s Theatre in late July. She previously played soccer, and she will be a cross country runner this fall at Andover Middle School. Beaver likes listening to country music, but she also values her experiences in musical theater, including Music
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those who do not care to see Holmes as a character so feeble that at one point, recalling the classic television commercials, he falls down and cannot get up. He does not act cute-old-age beyond what the situation with the boy might demand, and he does not try to inspire pity for the old relic of what was once a great man. His is an honest, convincing picture of age and failing, and Laura Linney treats him appropriately, recognizing his frailty but expecting him to make more sense than he sometimes does, and to show more responsibility. Milo Parker as her son assumes equality with the old man, and pretty much lives up to it. I can’t share the San Francisco Chronicle’s enthusiasm (in the Wichita Eagle’s Go! section July 17) for Hattie Morahan as the mystery woman, because the part gives her so little to do and lacks reality too much. But she sustains an air of mystery without the stereotypical devices of costume,
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the foreground between guardian and mother. Eventually the camera moves down to an almost Madonna-and-child shot, suggesting the presence of real love. We must find credible Leland’s later suggestion that Kane did, after all, love his mother, and this shot will stay in our memory. It is important to notice that in almost no case in “Citizen Kane” is there a contrast between the obvious meaning of the action and the suggestion of the cinematic device. The significance of the device almost always reinforces the clear meaning of the action. That’s one reason that it matters so little whether one grasps the sym-
bolism, if you want to call it that. The main themes and plots are always clear, whether one does so or not. But few narrative fiction movies carry as much “fact” material as “Citizen Kane,” and the continual cross-references between, say, one narrator’s interpretation of Kane and another’s require that we remember some vestigial details of past sequences, as when references in the sequence Kane meets his second wife recall his mother, whom we must remember from this one early scene. Such elements remind us that the events in the story do not mean the same thing even to all the narrators, and we would be wise to withhold our judgment until all the evidence is in. This is as far as we get today. Next time, we make an abrupt jump to Kane’s public career and a quite different narrator’s point of view.
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makeup, pose and facial expression, and I can still see her two days after seeing the movie. And visually, the movie is gorgeous. Victorian/Edwardian England is always full of props and vehicles and houses that fascinate, with all manner of mother-of-pearl inlays and filigree woodcarving and tapestried walls and walking canes and rooms jammed to inconvenience with jimcracks and gewgaws and knick-knacks that are chocolate to an antique lover’s eyes. And the beautiful spring-like countryside seems appropriate to the theme of relaxed retired country living. The acting is as good as you expect in an English movie about England, and it’s gratifying that the very American Laura Linney is as rural-English as anybody else; she seems completely comfortable with the current Grand Old Master of British acting, Ian McKellen, and she comes across perfectly as a housemaid to a failing old man who still deserves respect and as a mother whose son may be getting a little too interested in beekeeping. All in all, it’s a good little movie. But it’s not about Sherlock Holmes.